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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

"I WAS MY OWN ROUTE"

Hola Reinas,
In celebration of Black History Month, today I am featuring an Afro-Latina poet, Julia de Burgos.

Julia de Burgos- is one of my favorite poets that I studied in grad school. She is considered by many one of the greatest poets of Latin America. Julia was born in Puerto Rico on February 17, 1914 and died in Harlem on July 6, 1953. Writing in the 1930’s through the 1950s, de Burgos was ahead of her time in grasping connections between history, the body, politics, love, self-negation, and feminism.

The following poem is the translated version of "Yo Misma Fui Mi Ruta". This poem speaks about making your own path in life.